October, 2016

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Your World is Full of Placebo Buttons (and That’s a Good Thing)

Nir Eyal

All products and services, everything we buy and use, have but one job—to modulate our mood. The fundamental reason we use technology of all sorts, from stone tools to the latest iPhone, is to make us feel better. To prove the point, consider how perception of relief is tantamount to actual relief. Consider the so-called placebo […]. The post Your World is Full of Placebo Buttons (and That’s a Good Thing) appeared first on Nir and Far.

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7 Secrets to Spotting People You can Trust

Leadership Freak

Failure awaits all leaders who trust the wrong people. Surround yourself with people you can trust. Few things are more powerful than a team of talented people who trust each other.

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Engaging Millennial Employees via Accountability, Clarity, & Prioritization

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As businesses undergo workplace shifts and transfer of knowledge around responsibilities, there is often concern on how to bridge generational gaps. Many of our government clients have really started to address this through “emerging leaders” style programs and leadership academies. So as the discussion about Millennials in the Workplace evolves, we ask if they are really the entitled generation, or if that’s a misconception.

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7 Principles To Mastering Growth Marketing

Brian Balfour

We have a big addiction problem in our industry. Hacktics, the tips, tricks, hacks, tools, and secrets that promise to solve our growth problems. A glance at the front page of GrowthHackers.com , Inbound.org, or any other growth hacking community is all it takes to understand the obsession. As a result, marketers now get the majority of their “learning” through this hack-tic based content.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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Growth Interview Questions from Atlassian, SurveyMonkey, Gusto and Hubspot (Guest Post)

Andrew Chen

[Andrew: Excited about today’s guest post! I was recently interviewed by the folks at Reforge, a new company started by my friends Brian Balfour and Susan Su focused on advanced professional education. They asked a great question – how do you interview for growth folks? I gave some my 2 cents based on my experience helping startups and growth folks.

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Powerful Leadership Invitations

Kevin Eikenberry

Think about it. Would you rather be invited to an event, or be demanded to attend? If you want to go to the event, doesn’t the demand change that at least a little bit, (and maybe a lot)? And even if you don’t want to attend the event, doesn’t the invitation feel good and perhaps […]. The post Powerful Leadership Invitations appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How Curiosity is the Answer for Arrogance

Leadership Freak

The risk of self-development is getting sucked into your self when leadership is actually about serving others. Above all, humility is a practice that centers on serving others. The risk of self-development is best seen in the context of humility. Once you attain humility, you lose it.

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Use These 4 Question Types To Facilitate More Effective Meetings

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People hate meetings… and for good reason. Leadership knows they are expensive , and take up time that could be better spent on producing actual outcomes. Managers can find it difficult to facilitate them without having a process in place. Employees can find them to be boring or a waste of time. But meetings don’t have to be that way. Managers and other company leaders can be more intentional about which meetingsto have and which ones to skip, and who really needs to be there.

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VW Emissions and the 3 Factors That Drive Ethical Breakdown

UVA Darden

VW Emissions and the 3 Factors That Drive Ethical Breakdown Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 10/17/2016 - 08:52 11 September 2024 Business, Ethics & Society Business Ethics Carlos Santos Former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn went on trial this month on charges stemming from the "dieselgate" scandal, almost nine years after the German carmaker admitted to rigging emissions tests.

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How to Build Technology that Feels Like a Friend

Nir Eyal

It’s impossible to ignore all the buzz about AI bots. Last month, Facebook’s David Marcus announced that over 30,000 bots have been built since the opening of its Messenger app to bot developers in April. Other companies like Google, Amazon, and Slack are welcoming bot-building developers to their platforms with open arms. The post How to Build Technology that Feels Like a Friend appeared first on Nir and Far.

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The Diversity Reckoning: Can HR Survive Without New Perspectives?

Speaker: Jeremy York

2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.

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3 Pillars of the Most Successful Tech Products

Nir Eyal

If you’ve started a tech company to make a lot of money, chances are you’re bad at math—or simply delusional. Statistically speaking, your odds of a big-time payday are somewhere between zero and almost zero. Ninety-two percent of startups fail within three years. Only one percent of apps in the Apple App Store are financially successful. […].

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7 Do’s and Don’ts for Getting the Most From the Smartest People in the Building

Leadership Freak

Isolated leaders are the dumbest people in the building. A nameplate on the door and a title after your name doesn’t make you smarter than people with dirt under their fingernails.

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Succeeding with the Biggest Challenge of Leadership

Leadership Freak

Decisiveness becomes judgmentalism when you make decisions based on assumptions. The danger of being decisive is the tendency to make quick decisions about others that limit their potential and hinder relationships.

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10 Ways To Be a Leader People Choose to Follow

Leadership Freak

Authority, position and title won’t make you a leader. Don’t worry about being a leader. Worry about being a person worthy of being followed.

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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How to Dance with Tough Issues Long Enough to Do Some Real Good

Leadership Freak

The deadly sin of tough conversations is going halfway. Discomfort causes some leaders to cut them short. Work up enough courage to dance with tough issues long enough to do some real good. Halfway makes matters worse: Pointing out a problem is helpful, but doesn’t solve it. Bringing up an issue doesn’t mean others understand it.

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6 Secrets Wise Leaders Know About the Power of Delegating

Leadership Freak

The ability to delegate is the power to build a future bigger than yourself. 6 secrets wise leaders know about delegating: Wise leaders know that delegating includes people development and relationship building.

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How to Make Good Judgements and Not be Judgmental

Leadership Freak

Good judgement expands the future, but being judgmental: Wrecks relationships. Diminishes talent. De-motivates teammates. Disengages employees. The difference between good judgement and being judgmental is assumption. #1.

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How to be Authentic Even When You’re Crazy Busy

Leadership Freak

Unfocused busyness leads to meaningless contribution. You get so busy that you forget who you are and what you’re really trying to accomplish. The secret to meaningful busyness is direction and reflection.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Overcome 68% Disengagement with Goldstein’s 5 Principles of Engagement

Leadership Freak

Robots do what they’re told, but people need a sense of power and control to be engaged. In traditional organizations management is about taking control, not giving it.

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Tippy-Toe Leaders and Other Dysfunctional Problem-Solvers

Leadership Freak

We might be able to fake leadership in breezy weather, but dark seas are bright lights. The way you deal with problems is more important than the problems themselves. 3 dysfunctional problem-solvers: #1. Tippy-toe leaders.

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One Essential Key To Becoming a Better Leader

Leadership Freak

You don’t become a better leader by thinking about becoming a better leader. You become a better leader by test driving untested behaviors. Lead a meeting in a new way.

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3 Guaranteed Ways to Lower a Leader’s Frustration

Leadership Freak

If you’re like many leaders, you’re frustrated with something right now. If you aren’t frustrated, all I need to do is bring up common trigger issues. Results fell short. Unexpected problems blocked progress.

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The Upskilling Advantage: Transforming Your Workforce For Future Growth

Speaker: Brian Richardson

With a staggering 92% of CEOs prioritizing skill development, and 84% struggling with transformation, mastering upskilling is now more critical than ever. Drawing on extensive research and collaboration with hundreds of leading organizations, discover key hurdles and innovative best practices in workforce upskilling. You'll walk away with a deep understanding of how to build a culture of continuous learning, expert insights into assessing the current skills of your employees, and a strategic too

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How to Accept Irritating Imperfections and Maximize Strengths

Leadership Freak

The irritating imperfections of others may actually be strengths. Irritating imperfections: What follows is a short list of irritating imperfections that drive me crazy. Your list would likely be different.

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How to Go Further by Identifying Future High Performers

Leadership Freak

#1. Look for people who respect wisdom in others. Contemptuous know-it-alls: Can’t connect. An over-confident phony keeps everyone, except other phonies, at arm’s length. Ignore suggestions. Belittle the experience of others.

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5 Lessons from a Lifetime of Mistake-Making

Leadership Freak

The real value of mistake-making is turning toward the future with less baggage. The future is built by both endings and beginnings. Wisdom gained from mistakes is about endings. It’s useful only as it makes space to try new things. The danger of mistake-making is giving up. 5 lessons from a lifetime of mistake-making: #1.

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A Single Transformational Question

Leadership Freak

One of the great gifts you give team members is opportunity to reflect on their journey. “Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” Peter Drucker Leaders energize teams when they help team members bring their best selves to work.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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10 Simple Strategies to Improve Performance Conversations and Change Trajectory

Leadership Freak

Many teams are afraid to discuss the source of success – performance. 10 reasons performance conversations suck: The dynamic is from superior to inferior, rather than partnership.

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How to Break Free From ‘Establishment-Thinking’ and Win Like a Startup

Leadership Freak

‘Establishment-thinking’ slows leaders and organizations to a safe crawl. What would you do if you were just starting your business? Love your customers like you just won them.

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Solution Saturday: Witness to Sniping and B*tching

Leadership Freak

Dear Dan, I work in a place where I witness sniping and b*tching all the time about how the boss is hidden away, or has no leadership skills, or how others aren’t doing… Continue reading →

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4 Ways to Develop Talent by Coaching Through Success

Leadership Freak

Success is a terrible thing to waste. Problems, challenges, and mistakes are so magnetic that leaders might forget to coach team members through success.

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How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits

Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.